HUNTER SPOTS DUCKS

HUNTER EDUCATION

A boy studies his hunter education booklet prior to taking the hunter education exam at a family camp operated by California Waterfowl.

DUCK HUNTER

A duck hunter looks out on the flooded-corn pond she'll be hunting that morning in Eastern Washington.

DUCK PLUCKING

Women pitch in to pluck an American wigeon during a duck-plucking demonstration at the Novice Women's Duck Hunt.

DUCK RETRIEVED

A Labrador retriever delivers a downed duck to her hunter.

PHEASANT HUNT

A pheasant bursts from cover, the dog handler restrains his dog and the shooter raises her gun.

CANADA GOOSE PLUCKING

A New Zealand sheep and cattle farmer plucks a Canada goose killed that morning on his farm pond.

PUKEKOS

Pukekos from the previous evening's hunt in Hari Hari, on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, await dressing by the hunters. The birds look like American coots, but taste and dress more like pheasants.

DRESSING PUKEKOS

A hunter dresses pukekos from the previous evening's hunt in Hari Hari, on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island.

Shotgun shooter

California state Sen. Dave Cortese shooots trap.